Tag: novel
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Okay… Here’s an Update
What am I doing? In my journal here, I’ve started posting Japan-related things that tie-in to my novels, thinking that might interest my readers. But it was nearly crickets on my UFO catcher post last week! Maybe I took a wrong turn. So this week I’m just going to give a quick update on what’s […]
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The Thing About Akio
I was talking with a co-worker who was about five chapters or so into Headless, and he compared Akio, one of the two main protagonists, to Hooch from the movie, Turner and Hooch. Hooch is the dog. I have not seen the movie, but I think his comparison is appropriate. He said that Akio is the […]
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New Headless Cover Poll Results
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash The results are in! First off, thank you to everyone who voted in my poll and gave me such great comments! I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback. I’ve been thinking about it a lot. The votes that hold a lot of weight for me are from people whom I know […]
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Which cover do you like best? (poll below)
As we all know, a book really is judged by its cover. At least at first. It catches your eye on the shelf or on the webpage, and you think, “Ooh, THAT looks interesting. What’s it about?” I’ve had the current cover of Headless for a year and a half now, and I’ve gotten some […]
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Headless audiobook available now!
[Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash] Now you can listen to the dulcet tones of yours truly reading Akio and Masami’s thrilling adventure, Headless (Actual photo of me recording above). It was just released on Audible and will be on iTunes and Amazon very soon! GET A FREE CODE for the Audible version! Here’s a sample from Chapter Two: […]
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Akio’s Journal ~ April 4th
Akio Tsukino at his journal. Everyone thinks I’m stupid. Maybe I am. I try to cover it up with wisecracks and goofing around. But that just makes it worse. Maybe if I was deadly serious all the time. Like Masami. Maybe if I could just focus on my work and tune everyone else out like […]
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Headless Bookmarks
We had some bookmarks printed to promote Headless. They look pretty great, I think. All thanks to that amazing mask illustration by Michelle Tolo and the great background textures by my web designer (not this site—more on that later). It’s a bit redder than the book cover will be, but I like it a lot. […]
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More Google Maps Images of Headless Locations
I’ve been working on the final edits of Headless: clarifying the confusing, smoothing the rough bits, and changing some minor descriptive elements. I have some side stories in the works and will have those out soon on the Extras page. In the meantime, here are some more Google Maps photos from my research. I’m still blown […]
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Flying Over Japan with Google Maps
The Chuo Expressway between Tokyo and Kofu I think I have a new favorite website. It’s Google Maps. You may already know about this function, but I didn’t, and was pleasantly impressed. I was using Street View to do some research for some of my edits of Headless, when I backed up one step further than […]
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